(Newgate Sessions) The defendant thought there were intruders in his house, and killed the deceased woman mistaking her for one of them. A servant had hidden the woman visitor. William Levett not knowing the said Frances to be there in the buttery, hastily entered therein with his drawn rapier, and being in the dark and thrusting with his rapier before him thrust the said Frances under the left breast. and it was resolved that it was not manslaughter; for he did it ignorantly, without intention of hurt to the side Frances.
Judges:
Jones J
Citations:
(1638) Cro Car 538
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 30 March 2022; Ref: scu.655558